A COMPENDIUM OF THE SYSTEM OF DIVINE TRUTH, BY JACOB CATLIN, D.D., PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN NEW MARLBOROUGH, MASS., TO WHICH IS ADDED APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS. "WHAT IS TRUTH?"-Pontius Pilate. THIRD EDITION. CBOSTON: DOCTRINAL TRACT AND BOOK SOCIETY. C1141.37.3 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY L 1559, July 18. The Gong. Board of Preblication Boston. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of STEREOTYPED AT THE INTRODUCTION. It is with no small degree of diffidence, that the author of this compendium has undertaken and prosecuted a work so important and so arduous; and for the correctness of which, especially in point of sentiment, he is so highly responsible, both to the Christian public, and to Christ himself. Considering, however, the deplorable ignorance of theology, and particularly of the systematic connection of the great truths contained in the Scriptures, which is manifest in all ranks of people, even in this enlightened part of the world; and considering how few there are who have ability to purchase, and time and patience to read, the voluminous systems of theology which are extant; it has been deemed important that a compendium of this kind, embracing the leading articles of divine truth, and exhibiting the evidence in their support, together with suitable remarks and improvement, should be published for the particular benefit of the common people, and more especially for the benefit of those who emigrate from the old settlements of our country, and spend a number of years in the wilderness, in a great measure destitute of regular and systematic instruction in religion, before they are able to support the ministry of the gospel. In stating the usefulness and importance of a summary of Christian doctrine and practice, a venerable author makes the following remarks: That "there are many in every age, and in all places, who are so destitute of a sense of the importance of religion, that they would never attend to the Sacred Scriptures |